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Table 3 Percentage of sample classified as high sit/low-active a or low-sit/high-active b by sociodemographic factors and by country

From: The prevalence and correlates of sitting in European adults - a comparison of 32 Eurobarometer-participating countries

 

High-sit/low-active

Low-sit/high-active

 

% (n)c

% (n)c

All (% of total sample)

10.1 (2 779)

11.3 (3 134)

Gender

  

  Male

9.9 (1 209)

14.7 (1 799)

  Female

10.2 (1 570)

8.7 (1 335)

Age

  

  15 – 24 years

10.0 (376)

8.1 (304)

  25 – 34 years

9.6 (430)

13.4 (602)

  35 – 44 years

8.5 (418)

15.1 (746)

  45 – 54 years

9.3 (421)

13.5 (607)

  55 – 64 years

9.0 (397)

11.4 (502)

  65 years and older

13.3 (737)

6.7 (373)

Education

  

  18 yrs and less of education

8.9 (1 342)

13.5 (2 046)

  19 years and over of education

11.5 (1 069)

9.9 (923)

General state of health

  

  Very good

8.1 (465)

12.7 (731)

  Good

9.0 (1 246)

11.5 (1 539)

  Neither good nor bad

10.8 (635)

11.2 (660)

  Bad/very bad

20.1 (423)

6.7 (142)

Usual activity

  

  Low sitting

5.2 (424)

18.3 (1 485)

  Mixed sitting

11.7 (1 179)

7.1 (720)

  High sitting

12.5 (1 176)

9.9 (929)

Country

  

  Cyprus (Republic)

21.2 (99)

9.4 (44)

  Cyprus (TCC)

17.8 (74)

5.3 (22)

  Croatia

14.2 (139)

15.4 (151)

  Denmark

14.0 (137)

7.9 (77)

  Belgium

14.0 (139)

9.3 (92)

  Czech Republic

13.9 (131)

9.1 (86)

  Great Britain

13.2 (119)

7.7 (69)

  Northern Ireland

12.9 (37)

7.3 (21)

  Luxembourg

12.4 (61)

9.6 (47)

  Greece

12.3 (123)

9.3 (93)

  Sweden

12.0 (124)

7.7 (79)

  France

11.8 (115)

11.4 (111)

  Ireland

11.2 (11.2)

8.4 (75)

  Finland

11.0 (108)

9.6 (94)

  Poland

10.2 (98)

12.1 (117)

  Italy

10.1 (97)

10.7 (103)

  Malta

9.9 (44)

3.8 (17)

  Slovakia

9.1 (89)

15.0 (147)

  Spain

8.9 (84)

7.1 (67)

  Estonia

8.7 (83)

13.4 (127)

  Germany West

8.6 (77)

11.3 (101)

  Latvia

8.5 (85)

15.3 (153)

  Austria

8.4 (84)

10.1 (101)

  Turkey

7.7 (67)

5.7 (50)

  Hungary

7.5 (73)

18.8 (182)

  Slovenia

7.3 (73)

12.9 (130)

  The Netherlands

6.9 (70)

7.6 (77)

  Lithuania

6.2 (54)

16.2 (141)

  Bulgaria

6.2 (57)

17.6 (163)

  Romania

5.9 (58)

18.8 (184)

  Germany East

5.7 (30)

19.4 (103)

  1. aHigh-sit/low-active group calculated by being in the low active group (assessed by IPAQ) and the highest quartile of sitting group (420–960 mins/day).
  2. bLow-sit/high-active calculated by being in the high active group (assessed by IPAQ) and the lowest tertile of sitting group (0–211 mins/day).
  3. c Percentages are given relative to the proportion of total number within each sociodemographic factor and country.
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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